Live view/electronic horizon
Must admit that I find Live View extremely useful and use it often, great for taking long exposure photos of waterfalls/flowing water, never had an issue with the brightness
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Are you saying the inacuracies of the electronic level are the system itself or just the 'Attitude Indicator' display on the rear LCD? On the K7 I make use of the horizon indicators in the viewfinder and have found them very accurate.
It seems like a calibration issue as different owners report theirs to be accurate or inaccurate by differing amounts...I use a £3.50 hotshoe bubble level instead
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Must admit that I find Live View extremely useful and use it often, great for taking long exposure photos of waterfalls/flowing water
Not wanting to sidetrack the discussion, but why? Having never tried live view specifically for these sorts of subjects, how is it different to using the viewfinder?
As far as the original post is concerned, I can't say I've ever thought the screen particularly dim, and the bottom section of the screen is used for shooting info simply because the screen is a different aspect ratio to the image, and this bit would otherwise be wasted. It's not hiding a bit of the image, it's just blank area, very handy for putting info in.
Dan
Electronic level is a joke, very inaccurate and liable to go out of calibration for no apparent reason. A complete waste of time, best to stick with your own eyes and experience. Horizon adjustment is switched off on my K-5 as it made all my images cock-eyed. I sent it back to Pentax for this, it was re-calibrated and OK, then went off calibration again in a few weeks. I won't bother with it again.
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David
Must admit that I find Live View extremely useful and use it often, great for taking long exposure photos of waterfalls/flowing water
Not wanting to sidetrack the discussion, but why? Having never tried live view specifically for these sorts of subjects, how is it different to using the viewfinder?
Dan
Hi Dan...because it does what it says on the tin, gives you a Live view of the scene in front of you so as you adjust your shutter speed to obtain the desired "blur" you actually see the effect it has as your changing it which looking through a viewfinder simply can't achieve. You also get live feedback on blown highlights, dark shadows using both the histogram & "blinkies"
Not talking about you personally but I read comments on forums etc from "old school" photographers who are adamant that the new technologies employed in modern cameras are of no use, I couldn't disagree more and don't understand the resistance of some...my theory is take advantage of all the functions the manufacturers provide us with whenever they might be of use, that also includes pre-programmed settings as I'm finding out on my new Sony RX100, many of them do actually work extremely well. The only time I don't use them is when they don't work correctly (electronic level).IMHO A camera is simply a tool to be used to create a photograph (or video these days), however you use it to do so doesn't matter in the slightest if you get the end result you wanted...sorry, sounds like I turned this into a bit of a rant Give Live View a go Dan, you may be pleasantly suprised
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And I whole-heartedly agree with your second paragraph.
Dan
Live view is fab and I use it a lot of the time - almost 100% of the time when using a tripod - which is a lot of my photography.
The level indicator on the other hand is a very unfunny joke.
never had problems with live view unless in very bright/strong sunlight ...and I live in England so it's not really very often a problem
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Take a look in the menu, number 4 in the shooting menu, second option down is 'Live View'. Take a look in there, and you can turn off the grid, Info, histogram and bright/dark area warnings.
Thanks Dan
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